... Exercise 3: Choose the correct verb forms Use simple past or the past continuous tense We …………… (sit) at the breakfast table when the doorbell …………… (ring) He ……… ... …………… (knock) at the door Exercise 4: Put in the verbs in brackets in the simple past or the past continuous tense While I …………… (send) messages, the school bus …………… (arrive) Cindy …………… (break)...

... Mother was making a cake The girl was painting a picture Answers A poem was being written by Megha Clothes were being washed by the woman The house was being built by the masons A cake was being ... made by mother A picture was being painted by the girl Be first to know when grammar rules change! Sign up to our newsletter here: englishgrammar.org (It's free) Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)...

... KEY I 1) She _was dancing_ alone (E) 2) He wasn’t sailing, he was fishing by the lake (H) 3) She ... fire burning in the fireplace? (M) 8) The men were climbing the mountain (B) 9) She was playing with her dog (H) 10) Was he working in the shop all day? (L) 11) The girls were swinging in the...